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Trump to address UN General Assembly as Carney becomes voice of multilateralism

  • On Tuesday, President Donald Trump addressed the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York, framing his foreign policy as deploying American power to solve "decades of intractable challenges" facing the world.
  • Trump's address follows a persistent pattern of institutional erosion; his administration withdrew from UNESCO and the World Health Organization while slashing more than $1 billion in United Nations funding for peacekeeping and regular budgets.
  • Trump branded the International Criminal Court a "rogue institution" and threatened to "annihilate" Iran if the government did not capitulate to his demands. He urged all ICC member nations to "officially resign" immediately.
  • Following his address, Trump signed a security deal with Denmark and Greenland that bars non-NATO nations from opening military bases or mining critical minerals on the strategically important Arctic island.
  • Nearly 130 world leaders gathered for the six-day session amid ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, as United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that "killer robots must have no place in our future.
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